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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in Freeport is Garraty expecting to see Jan and his mother?
(a) Free Trade Center Market.
(b) Bigelow's Corner Store.
(c) High school.
(d) Corner of Main and Elm.

2. What causes Garraty to stumble when walking on the median in Chapter 11?
(a) A hole.
(b) A rock.
(c) The sole of his shoe.
(d) Pine trees.

3. Who says, "None of us really has anything to lose. That makes it easier to give away"?
(a) Garraty.
(b) Stebbins.
(c) Scramm.
(d) McVries.

4. Who says to Garraty, "you're the bee's knees"?
(a) Baker.
(b) McVries.
(c) Scramm.
(d) Stebbins.

5. What Walker received his ticket in Augusta in the midst of the cheering?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Barrett.
(c) Joe.
(d) Milligan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date when the Walkers pass through Oldtown?

2. What state is Scramm from?

3. Where do the brothers come from?

4. In Chapter 15, Garraty realizes he must go on for what reason?

5. What tribe are the two brothers members of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would Garraty like to be doing on an 80-degree day if he weren't on the walk?

2. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?

3. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?

4. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?

5. When the Walkers reach the 115-mile mark at the beginning of Chapter 9, what locations do they still have ahead of them and in what direction are they headed?

6. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?

7. How does Barkovitch die?

8. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

9. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?

10. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?

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